cfd versatility
 

Hi all,

I want to know if CFD can be used to simulate the stream lines around a sphere for steady state and incompresible fluid. It's posible to evaluate the velocity component at any locations?

Re: cfd versatility
 

If you have the ability to produce unstructured and adaptive grids, you can simulate such a flow with high precision. If not, it can still be done because CFD is the answer to all problems.

Regards Henri Lima, IV

Re: cfd versatility
 

1) Of course. Your problem is very classical one in CFD area.

2) Please check that your problem is really steady. Flow around a sphere or around a cylinder is, as far as I know, unsteady for high Reynolds number(most case). Strouhal number and Karman vortex(both are terminology related to unsteady phenomena) are very deeply related to your problem.

Sincerely, Jinwook

Re: cfd versatility
 

yes and yes